Campaign groups: 180 agencies need to be examined by commission

Mother and baby home campaigners have said as many as 180 institutions that dealt with unmarried mothers and children need to be examined by the commission.

It comes as the Irish Examiner revealed two death registers listing almost 800 names of infants who died in Bessborough and Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby homes were handed over to the HSE in 2011 by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Last week, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission confirmed “significant quantities” of infant remains were found at the Tuam site.